Looking for leaders Starting with a bang Top-40 sizzler released The Associated Students will honor 55 SJSU The 'Escape Club's' hot album 'Dollars and The SJSU baseball team opened Big West students for their outstanding leadership play with a 2-1 series victory over UCSB Sex' hits the modern rock scene Page 4 Page 8 Page 6 SPARTAN DAILY Vol. 96, No. 39 Published for San Jose State University since /934 Tuesday, April 2, 1991 CSU budget cuts cited SJSU to adopt no credit-card-payment policy By Carolyn Swaggart must be done without credit cards. Interstate Bank, which charges the fee. fees by raising merchandise cost, but Daily staff writer Other departments that have decided to Budget cuts at the university were cited SJSU cannot raise school fees simply to Before the decision was Various departments around SJSU will adopt the new policy include University as the main reasons credit cards will no accommodate the use of the cards, she no longer be accepting credit cards as a Housing Services and Parking Services. longer be accepted. A choice had to be explained. made to stop accepting the means of payment, citing the cards' trans- Athletics and Continuing Education have made between changing the policy or fac- "This is a service that is kind of an extra cards, their use cost the uni- action charge as the reason. decided to continue using the credit cards. ing the "potential for layoffs," according to benefit," Green noted. Student Financial Services initiated the Before the decision was made to stop Barbara Green, director of fiscal services. Green also pointed out that the universi- versity $100,000 last fiscal move when Connie Sauer, associate exec- accepting the cards, their use cost the uni- "I have sent to the Chancellor's Office ty is seeking possible alternatives to the utive vice president of business and finan- versity $100,000 last fiscal year, according proposed legislation that will allow us to cards. "We're also checking banks for year.Each time a credit card cial services, brought the credit card to Linda Vasquez, director of student charge students for this fee," explained anything useful to the students at no extra was used, SJSU was billed expenses to the attention of her superiors. financial services. Green, noting that state law prohibits cost to the university." Several other departments have followed Each time a credit card was used, SJSU retailers from charging back. SJSU is clas- Students who would usually pay their fees $1.26 per $100 charged with their lead. Any payments at the cashiers was billed $1.26 per $100 charged with sified as a retailer under the law. through credit card might consider getting a the card. office that will apply to the fall semester the card. SJSU has a contract with First Retailers usually respond to credit card cash advance instead, Vasquez advised. Campus Flying high SJSU officials fire drill hope to ease exercise budget crunch planned By Chris Lillie But Deputy Supervisor of San Daily staff writer Prop. 98 funds Jose Unified School District Barry Don't panic when alarms sound Schimmel said that pink slips have across campus at 10 a.m. today threatened by already been sent to 109 teachers they'll be signaling a drill, not an in the district because of the poten- earthquake. state's $13 billion tial cutbacks. He said that job cuts Almost every campus building weren't a fact of life yet and that will participate in today's emer- financial deficit the pink slips were just precaution- gency exercise. SJSU Emergency ary, but there was a good chance Preparedness Coordinator Dick By Claudia Bramkamp that the district would have to lay Staley said. Daily staff writer off teachers next year. As state legislators prepare to "Funding for education is in The drill's purpose is to test meet with Governor Pete Wilson SJSU's readiness in the face of an serious jeopardy," he said. "We to hash out a solution to the state won't have the need for as many emergency, he said. budget's looming $13 billion "We're encouraging people to new hires if class sizes get larger deficit, campus officials and union but there will gill be jobs in edu- take this seriously," Staley said. representatives locally are making "A real emergency isn't going to cation, especially for teachers who plans to minimize the effects of are bilingual or teach science and announce itself. We are encourag- possible budget cuts to education. ing people to be survivors." math." Members of the California Fac- In addition to the effort to pro- Once the alarms sound, faculty, ulty Association and California staff and students are supposed to tect Prop. 98 funds, on April 16 Teachers Association plan to the California State Students Asso- "duck, cover and hold for 30 sec- descend on Sacramento April 3 to onds" and then evacuate as far as ciation will sponsor a lobbying ask legislators to protect education effort in Sacramento to protect all possible from the buildings, he Proposition 98, budgets funded by state education funds. A drive said. a voter-sponsored initiative that called "Take Back Our Education" Any disruption to classes will promised 40 percent of the state's he minimal, Staley added. is planning a massive rally by stu- revenues to education. dents and faculty of various "We're only asking for 20 or 30 Students and faculties of minutes out of the academic year." schools, including the University schools throughout the state, fear of California College system, com- he said. that if Prop. 98 funds are reduced. Buildings excluded from the munity colleges, and primary atl.! class sizes in grades kindergarten secondary schools throughout it drill such as the Student Union, through 12 will increase beyond state. Event Center and residence halls the system's ability to offer stu- -- undergo separate emergency According to SJSU director dents an adequate education. SJSU Marci Pedrazzi. local organiza- preparedness tests. Staley said. students graduating from the Recently renovated Washington tions on campus are currently reg- school of education fear trying to istering their membership to vote Square Hall will not participate for find employment after graduation another reason. and each individual group is plan- as the ratio of students to teachers ning its own lobbying effort. The "People just finished moving escalates. C.S.S.A. recommends that stu- into the building," Staley said. Sam Fart, Assemblyman for the dents concerned about the future "They're just physically not ready 29th District said that the state of higher education attend the rally for this exercise." school system accepts 250,000 in Sacramento or talk to their local Today's drill is important for new students each year and that new faculty and students who may legislators in person. State assem- the budget for education increases blymen and senators can generally not know emergency procedures. every year to meet that demand. said George Curtis. one of Duncan be reached in their local offices on "Education is the most impor- Fridays. hail's assistant emergency coordi- tant product of the state of Califor- Dominic Cortese, Assembly- nators. nia The state legislature will not "These drills are to keep every- Ken Wong Daily staff photographer man for the 24th District said he abdicate its duty, but tough deci- objected to cutting any education body at the same level of pre- Senior aviation major Rodel Pasibe, gets some ic Pasibe took advantage of one of the short sions will have to be made," he budgets. Cortese said that good paredness." Curtis said. "I think air while grabbing a Frisbee tossed to him on breaks from recent rains that spring break said. "We'll only be in favor of higher education shouldn't he pit- they're extremely valuable for per. the lawn by Tower Hall last week. The acrobat- granted us by tossing the Frisbee with a friend. suspending the mechanics of Prop. 98 after education is fully funded. See EFEECTS, see page 7 SeeQUAKE', page 7 Delays plague new library computer system By Faye Wells the system over the past semester. As sources came up in nano- and we must update patron records Speaal the Daily Although its most powerful fea- seconds on the terminals, people on the new system. We hope that Clark Library brought up its ture, the key-word search, has not waited an hour to renew or check people will be patient." new computer catalog Thursday, a been completely loaded, students, out books at the circulation desk. The library does not want to quiet day during the spring break. professors and librarians spoke Until all books are converted to maintain the old circulation system But Monday as spring break well of INNOPAC. the new system's circulation status. because it costs $3.000 a month. ended, high technology couldn't Circulation data, now on the old they cannot be renewed by num- Whitlatch said. Had the budget not keep up with the overflow of stu- system must be converted to ber. been cut back this year, the library dents needing to return or check INNOPAC. The result is hour-long The wait angered one borrower probably would have waited until out books. As students, professors delays to check-out or renew a who had expected to renew with- the end of the semester to convert and librarians researched authors, book, and frayed tempers of peo- out having to carry the books in. all books and data to INNOPAC, subjects and titles in seconds, oth- ple who tried to renew hooks by "How long would it take to she explained.